The giant, the protagonist of the painting, did not realize that it was himself in the painting. After finishing what Echidna had asked him to do, he still swaggered back to the underground palace.
The individuals grown from dragon teeth do not like the outside world with abundant sunshine, fragrant flowers and birds at all. They are more suitable to live in the dark underground.
The priest reached out his hand and carefully looked through the paintings.
He was the eyes and ears of the gods in the mortal world, so he naturally knew much more than ordinary people. Moreover, the news of this era was not completely blocked. On the contrary, the wind god traveled in any small cave in the world, and the sun, as the omniscient eye of the sun god, could travel the whole world in a day. The goddess of discord, Eris, raised a group of children who were good at talking, constantly transmitting corrupt truths or rumors to every corner day and night.
Echidna's mysterious lover, a young man who was rumored to be extremely talented and even made Apollo dissatisfied.
The priest still remembered the past. At that time, he was a distinguished priest of Cilicia, and the boy was just one of hundreds of human sacrifices, destined to die miserably in fear. But he came here on behalf of the royal family of Eleusis after all. The princess there boasted that he was the "son of God", so the priest felt a little curious: even if it was the most unpopular son of God, how could their parents be so cruel as to send their children to the mouth of the terrible giant snake and let it devour them
Therefore, he acquiesced in the princes' temptation. When he saw that the stone smashed the boy's forehead without any hindrance and caused the blood to flow down unrestrainedly, the priest knew that the title of Son of God was nothing but a boastful lie and that the child had never been favored by any god.
Today, the changes in the world are more dramatic than the changes in the seasons. Half a year has passed, and the boy has not been buried in the snake's mouth. Instead, the snake god holds him high above his head and cherishes him like a jewel on a golden crown. Echidna stopped the long-standing custom of human sacrifice and ordered that painting materials, books for relaxation, and toys for entertainment flow into the gates of Arima like water. The name "Doros" has become a taboo, and his paintings have become legendary things in a kind of secret boasting and a lot of doubts.
Seeing the real thing now, the old priest was more and more shocked the more he looked at it. On the parchment, the painter created a world that seemed to be coming out! He flipped through the pages. If the first few paintings were just like the real thing, then the paintings that followed could really be described as amazing progress. With just a few strokes, a person's face and expression came to life on the paper, and it was as if there was a living soul, stationed in the eyes of the plane.
He did not dare to look any further, so he let go in a hurry and asked his servants to close the box, load it onto the ox cart, and rush back to the palace of Cilicia.
"Huh, all cleaned up!" Xie Ning let out a sigh of relief. The fast-paced modern life gave rise to the concept of "Datsu-sare-let-go", which encourages everyone to discard outdated and inappropriate things and live a simple and refreshing life. After trying it once, he had to admit that it really felt good to throw things away.
"You are so cruel, so cruel Doros," Echidna muttered in a low voice, feeling very unhappy. In his heart, human paintings should be his exclusive treasures. Why would he put them in a box and give them away for nothing? "Why can't you keep those paintings?"